At that time, the Luftwaffe was beginning to concentrate it's bombing campaign on the city of London...
Sidcup was on the south-eastern outskirts of London and, after France had been overrun by the Germans, the...
I arranged to meet Greataunt Min in Oxford Street to buy material, but that night Hitler decided to bomb...
The captain called this a 'spoof'. With the shorter days we resumed convoy work, but at night time...
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I was the sole Typex Cipher bod in the Unit, however it was not until back in Britain afterwards that my...
Mr and Mrs. Morgan lived in a little terrace house in Morfa Nefyn, a small village outside Nefyn, on the...
The factory was Short Brothers in Rochester and we were making Sunderland and Stirling aircraft. I found...
In early 1942, as we had overhead lighting, I left my hand lamp on the last tub, so that I knew which...
Now we were ready for posting and in January 1943, my friend Isobel and I were posted to Blackdown in...
Night after night the German bombers came over, their targets being the Woolwich Arsenal and the docks, we...
I was the Senior Messenger for the Bromley division and often used to ride with the Divisional Officer in...
The Hornchurch spitfires were rumoured to be underground. Most 9 year olds believed that spitfires circled...
When the air raid siren went off during the day the teacher would instruct the children in times tables or...
Our convoy sailed out across the Atlantic and we headed toward Greenland to avoid enemy U-boats, passing...
My mother then approached the Education Officer with a view to finding me a place at a remaining Folkestone...
The air raid warnings were a daily event and bombs dropping, as Enemy planes flew overhead en route to the...
He was awarded a medal for his services as was our Forewoman Grace Harrison. We farmed all the land...
Another Sunday, I don't remember the date, but it must have been in 1940, I was going to Chatham to see...
When I was about eight years old and things were getting worse, Mum and Dad took us down to Bournemouth,...
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